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Retired Staff Sergeant Ivan Westrick parks his customized Harley-Davidson motorcycle during a funeral escort to the Fort
Bliss National Cemetery in 2007. Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army, Photo Credit: Wilson A. Rivera Fort BLiss,Texas
Memorial Day remembrance ceremony honoring those who have served. New Mexico 2009. New Mexico Honor
Guard answering questions from a family. Photo courtesy of Candace E. Sanchez.
Veterans from American Legion Post 80 in McRae, Ga. came to Fort Stewart to see the changes the military has gone
through since their active duty days and visit Soldiers from 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division to
talk with the current modern-day warriors in person, June 25. Bringing attention to the M1A1 Battle Tank's link,
Sergeant Thomas Lyons, 3-7 Cav, 2nd HBCT, explains upgrades in track vehicles to retired veterans, Kent VanDemarc
(left) and Ernest Dyal (middle), at 3-7's Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility on Fort Stewart, June 25. Photo
Courtesy of U.S. Army, Photo Credit: PFC. Gregory Gieske.
Veteran in WWII reenactment uniform talking to veteran who is currently a New Mexico Honor Guard. Veterans Day
Ceremony, November 2007, Photo by R. Sanchez, New Mexico
Greeters from the U.S. Air Force Detachment frame the entrance to Fanshaw Field as Kim Ables, RDECOM protocol
officer, right, welcomes Wagner Ross, a Korean War veteran, left, and other veterans from the Veterans Administration
Medical Center at Perry Point to the Armed Forces Day opening ceremonies. May, 2009. Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army,
photograph by Sean Kief, Garrison Photographer.
A Navy Color Guard waits to escort Soldiers from the 82d Airborne Division All American Freefall Team to their seats after
their successful jump at the July 2008 Kup's Purple Heart Foundation Cruise opening ceremony at Navy Pier in Chicago,
Ill. The Purple Heart Cruise sailed for the first time in 1945, under the leadership of Chicago Sun-Times columnist Irv
Kupcinet. Kup, as he was affectionately known, began the cruise to serve the veterans returning home from WWII with
life altering injuries. Their web site: Kup's Purple Heart Foundation
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army. Photo by Staff Sgt. Danny E. McCormick, 318th Press Camp Headquarters.
General P.K. Keen, Commander, U.S. Army South, congratulates 77-year-old Silvestre Acebedo after presenting him with the Bronze
Star with "V" device Feb. 2 at the Army Medical Department Museum at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Retired Colonel Ralph Hockley
(far right), president of the Second Infantry Division-Korean War Veterans Alliance, helped Acebedo obtain the medal. Photo
Courtesy of U.S. Army, Photo by Elaine Wilson. February 2007
General Richard J. Rowe Jr. greets America's only known surviving World War I veteran, Frank Buckles, 107, at Arlington National
Cemetery, Nov 11, 2008. Rowe, who spoke at the gathering, spoke with Buckles and, with other well-wishers thanked him for his
service and wished him full recovery from a recent bout with pneumonia. The Charles Town, W.Va., native entered the Army at age
16 and rose to the rank of corporal. Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army, Photo by Tom Mani.
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